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Thursday, 1 September 2011

Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011)

Yes, it's that time of the year again...
when we get to enjoy delicious mooncake pastries, pomelos, yam...
when we get to see children carrying lanterns walking around the neighbourhood...

The mid-autumn festival is the time when families come together to appreciate the full moon. I grew up looking forward to the fifteen day of the lunar eighth month...it is one of the many Chinese festivals that I really liked, I rank it right after the Chinese New Year :)

This year's mooncake festival will be a special occasion for me as I'm hosting the Aspiring Bakers #11 for September 2011!! Many thanks to Small Small Baker for giving me this opportunity to host this event!

If you are interest to find out what's on the previous Aspiring Bakers #10 - Easy as Pie (August 2011) entries, hosted by Janine of Not the Kitchen Sink! you may refer to this link HERE.

The theme for this month is none other than "Mid-Autumn Treats"!

Who can join?
Everyone!(if you do not have a blog, just send me a photo and recipe of your bake)

How to join?Step 1 :
Make a mooncake, be it snow skin or traditional mooncake (including ice cream mooncakes, agar agar mooncakes, puff pastry mooncakes) in the month of September 2011.

Step 2 :
Post it on your blog between 01 September 2011 to 30 September 2011.
Your post must include the recipe or link to the original recipe. If you are using a recipe from a book, please include the title of the book too.Any entries that are posted outside the date range will not be accepted. Any entries that do not include a recipe or link to the original recipe will not be accepted too.

Step 3 :
Please mention that you are submitting your post to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011) hosted by Happy Home Baking and provide a link back to this post HERE.Entries will not be accepted if the above is not included.

Step 4 :
Email to me (I have removed my email address since the event is over, there is just too many spam mails in my mailbox) in the following format:

Your name or nickname:
Your blog name: (omit this if you do not have a blog)
Name of your bake:
URL of your post:
Attach your photo in your email (one photo for each entry, preferably less than 500kb).Please use "Aspiring Bakers #11" as your email subject. You may submit more than 1 entry. Please send a separate email for each and every entry.

I look forward to your active participation and support for this event!

Hi HHB, I was actually planning to try out the recipe which you've shared (http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-mid-autumn-festival.html) And wow, just nice you are hosting AB with the mid-autumn theme this month! May I find out from you, how long can I keep those mooncakes? Because I am planning to bake and bring over to Malaysia for my relatives there! :D Now I can kill two birds with one stone!

Wa, you are hosting! :-)I wanted to submit for swiss roll, but no time. Then I wanted to submit egg tarts, but no time to bake too. :-( As for mooncake ... 糕粉 I already have, shortening - not difficult to get from NTUC but it is the time factor that is making it so difficult for me .. sob sob sob ...Whether I submit or not, I still support AB and you. :)

Hello, I'm new to your blog and enjoying everything in it. Was bumping along and found you from a local link. I would love to participate in this event you're hosting but does it have to be super traditional? I've recently posted something mid-autumn-ish and was wondering if it qualifies? Thanks. Going to poke around your blog some more now :D